Improvement in combined button-hole cutters, eyelet-punches



' WILLIAM C. McGlLL. Improvement in Combined Button-Hole Cutter, EyeletPunch, and Scissors-Sharpener. No. 127,783, Q 7 Patented June.ll,1872

UNITED STATES PATENT Orrrcn.

WILLIAM (J. MCGILL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED BUTTON-HOLE CUTTERS, EYELET-PUNCHES. ANDSCISSORS- SHARPENERS. v

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,783, dated June 11,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. McGILL, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county,and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in CombinedButton-Hole Gutter, Eyelet-Punch, and Scissors-Sharpener; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawingmaking a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 represents theinstrument in use as a button-hole cutter. Fig. 2 shows the same whenapplied as an eyelet-punch and Fig. 3 represents the instrument inposition as a scissors-sharpener.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

The nature of my invention consists in the combination of a button-holecutter with an eyelet-punch and scissors-sharpener, the whole beinginclosed within a suitable sliding case or sheath for the protection ofthe working parts. It consists of a flat tube, slotted longitudinally,through which the device for sliding out a tapering cutter is arranged.It further consists in furnishing the reverse end of said cutter with asharp conical instrument, used for perforating cloth, &c., and which,when put into use, is slid out at the opposite end of the aforesaidtube. It further consists in the combination of the above cutter of anick cut into the hilt of the same at such an angle as to present asharp cutting-edge for the purpose of sharpening scissors, knives, &c.

In construction my invention is as follows: A is the tubular sheath,forming, at the same time, the handle for the instrument and a gauge forthe cutter. B is a button, communicating with the cutter 0 within bymeans of a rivet. The cutter O is made with an acute angle, having thecutting-edge on one side only. At D is cut a notch, slightly at anangle, to give a proper cutting-edge, which is to be used as above setforth. E in Fig. 2 represents the eyelet-punch,consisting of a sharpconical in- I strument, formed of the same piece as the cutter 0, orattached thereto. The mouth a of sheath A is slightly rounded, whichforms the gauge for the size of the hole to be cut. When but a smallhole is wanted only a small portion of cutter O is made to protrude. Thecutter is then forced down through the cloth, and is stopped by the enda of sheath A. This produces an adjustable gauge, which may be operatedwith great ease and accuracy.

I do not claim, broadly, a button-hole cutter formed of a singleblade-the shape given in the drawing; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination of the tapering cutter G with sheath A, when used asa button-hole cutter, as above described.

2. The combination of the notch D with the cutter 0, when used as andfor the purpose specified.

3. The eyelet-punch E, in combination with the cutter C and sheath A,substantially as and for the purpose described.

WM. 0. MOGILL.

Attest:

G. A. Soorrr, T. VAN KANNEL.

